Overview & Highlights
This luxurious, slow-paced and romantic holiday also offers more active or adventurous options. Visit tropical jungle, a spruced-up colonial city and gorgeous beach properties in two welcoming republics.
- Guided excursion of Doka coffee estate
- Guided tour of Granada and Masaya volcano
- On-site tours from days 3-6 including sunset birdwatching, Osa trail and nightwalk
This holiday will suit romantic couples and honeymooners looking for a slow-paced itinerary combining exquisite natural locations, including the wild-life rich Osa Peninsula, with plenty of time for relaxation on Nicaragua's unsullied beaches at the end.
Spend a few days at a luxury rainforest lodge on the Pacific’s Osa Peninsula. Move on into Nicaragua to a boutique lodge on one of over 300 islets. Later, move on to a renowned upmarket lodge and working farm enveloped in jungle on a cliff overlooking a long soft-sand beach. In each place there are opportunities to take excursions into the countryside, engage in outdoor activities or laze by the pool.
The tropical republics of Costa Rica and Nicaragua share gorgeous landscapes of volcanoes, lakes, palm-fringed beaches, citrus plantations, fertile slopes smothered in coffee bushes, and a huge diversity of flora and fauna. Costa Rica has long had a network of accessible national parks with extensive hiking trails, as well as adventure activities from zip-lining to white-water rafting. Nicaragua is new to this kind of development but is gaining a reputation for responsible tourism with top-end wellbeing-focused eco-lodges opening all over the country.
Outline itinerary
Day 1
Arrive in San José. Transfer to your hotel in the countryside outside the city.
Day 2
Tour of Doka Estate coffee farm.
Day 3
Fly to Pacific coast Puerto Jiménez, transfer to rainforest lodge.
Days 4-6
At leisure or enjoy one of the many activities on offer.
Day 7
Fly to San José, connect with flight to Managua; transfer to Granada.
Day 8
Granada guided city tour and visit to Masaya volcano.
Day 9
At leisure in Granada area.
Day 10
By boat and road to a lodge on the Pacific coast.
Days 11-12
At leisure on the Pacific coast.
Day 13
Return to Managua and connect with your international flight home.
What our clients say
97% of our clients rated their experience with us as Excellent or Good.
The Central American trip was excellent - really interesting to see the contrast in the countries. Could have spent longer in each country, but then that would have made the trip much longer!
PG, Winchester
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Our specialists have been expertly crafting award-winning tailor-made holidays to Latin America for 40 years. We would be delighted to create a truly personalised trip which perfectly matches your wishes and requirements.
Jim Ashworth - Travel Consultant
Jim first caught the Latin American travel bug in 2001 when he decided at the last minute to join a friend travelling around Central America – he hasn't looked back since.
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